Hunting technologies during the howiesons poort at Sibudu Cave: What they reveal about human cognition in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, between ~65 and 62 ka

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789401776011, 2016, Pages 273-286

  Lombard, Marlize ^a   Wadley, Lyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bow hunting; Game snares; Human cognition; Middle Stone Age

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019802076     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7602-8_19     Document Type: Chapter

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